The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,i Covent-garden. Last Night but Four. Second Night of L'Etolle Du Nord THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), July 26, will be produced (for the second time , Mqerbeer's grand historical opera, in three act , L'EIOILE DU NORD, with entirely new sce nery, costumes, and appointments. C a tterina., Madame 'Nlioiar , -Carvalho, her third appearance in that character, and her third appearance this sedscn ; Vrascovia, Mdlle. Maria Brunetti, her third appearance at the Royal Italian Opera Natalia, Madame Rudersdorff; Echimona, Mdlle. Jenny Bauer, her third appearance this season ; Danilowitz, Signor Naudio. his third appearance in that character ; Giorgio, Signor N er i-Baraldi ; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi, his third appearance in that character; Colonel le•nioloff, Signor ag-liatico; General Tcheremetieff, Signor Polouini ; Rain oldo, Signor Capponi ; rsmailoft, Signor Lucche r si; Cffi; and ciale Primo, Signor l'allar ; Second°, Signo Rossi Pietro, Faure, his third appearance in that tharacter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Mr. W. Beverley. The machinery by Mr. Ti. Sloman. The appcintments by Mr. Brunton. 'rile cos tumes by Mrs. James, M dame Vatlet, Mr. Coombes, and M. limner. The dances by M. Desplaces. The Mis-en-t.cene by Mr. A. Harris. Commence at half-past - 3 o'clock. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ~ t a Is, 10s. Ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. zs. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-ofsc.‘ under the portico of the thealre, which is open from ten till five, and at the prinuipal musicsellers' and ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA:ERE.--. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LHCIi-• Faddy O'itafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Af t er which, the new p:av by John Oxenford, H s i,, THF, H. 3lurs- ONASTEItY OF SC. JtS r : Messrs . Vining, ll ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. R o bins, Seyton, Chapman ; Mrs. H. Matston, and Mdlle. btella Lolas. N'" THEATRE-8.0 YA.L, ADELPHI.-- Sole Prouritor and Manae-er, M.. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST Messrs. .J. L. Toole, P. Bedfor d, Billington, Stuart, Stephen son, Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss IL heilT and Bil ling ton. At in, ONE TOUCH OF N,I,TURE. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin ebster ; Constance, MIES IL Simms. W Followed by THE AREA. BELLE, with a Horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Too l e, t'. Bedford, n. Romer, Ms& Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. 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Tins Deir...-m orn i,_ , g 7h. 12m.—Afternoon, 7a. 40m. ro.3scltßow.-I.lorning, Ba. 10;n Afternoon, S. 0. s r eat .1154 6 •'4..,,,,_1 (0 4„,,,,- 1/44. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1864. In a thin House at the very end of a sess i on we may often find measures of considerable importance brought forv7ard without sufficient heed being taken of their scope and tendency. We have just had a notable insttence of this in the India Medical Service Bill, which was attempted' to be passed, but Was thrown out by a very small majority. Mr. HENNESSY and Mr. LONGFTELD and others did good service in pointing out its injurious tendency. Sir CHARLES WOOD appears to have a S pecial preference for bringing forward everything pertaining to his department when energies are exhausted, moments brief, and the general feeling of the political world is to get t h rou gh the work that remains with as little delay and troable as possible. Whether such a time is the best suited ,for careful consideration of Indian ma tt e rs may be very much d ou b ted. Sir CHARLES WOOD probably thinks that his own edicts are so it , N culd be idle to t rou b le perfect that the House with them at art earlier and bu s i er portion of the acs on. Tim Bill in qu es ti on , however, is si ene within the reach of every one's comprehen sion and ex p er ieno, however little he may have studied the general aspect of Indian affairs. The want which is felt in the Indian army is felt fiiS3 in the regular army, and it is a want of such importance that public attention should at once bd called to the matter. It appears that a very great . deficit ncy e - Lists in the number of me dical cceru for the reidian army. The Assistant- Surgeons a t presen'a obtain their appointments by competition naeoriiing to the usual rule. It is generally found when public appointments are thus thrown open that the number of candidates very greatly exceeds the list of vacancies, Bat what is the case with the Indian medical service ? CHARLES WOOD, in replying to Mr HENNESSY on Friday night, said that a return of the last three examinations showed that for 90 vacancies there were only 72 candidates, of whom only 50 suc ceeded in passing, so that the supply of eighteen months has fallen short of the demand by forty men . This is confirmed by Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, who states that the medical service in Bengal :s short by 20 officers, and that the deficiency else where is still greater. And what is our Indian Secretary's cure for all this ? As he cannot get a proper supply of efficient men on his terms he proposes to atone for it by taking in the inefficient. Competitive examinations have proved, he says, a failure, and evidently he regards them as such, bee cause they deprived him of 22 out of the united number of candidates who presented themselves. He therefore brings forward a bill " to make pro vision for her MAJESTY'S Indian Forces, which is to empower the Secretary of State to make, from time to time, such regulations for the appointment of medical officers as he may think fit ; and to en able the Governors of the Indian provinces to do the same thing subject to his revision. This means that these authorities are to be allowed to put into the service men who could not have passed the test of an examination. In a country where the exigencies of climate, the deficient sanitary arrange ments, and the ignorance and imprudence of Euro peans render our troops so especially liable to sick ness, and demand unusual skill, intelligence, and energy on the part of the medical cfficer, men are to be appointed who do not know their business. When we are always liable to the possibility of a war, or, at least, a brief campaign, such as that on the north-western frontier, the same incompetent assistants are to dress the wounds and amputate the limbs of our suffering soldiers. It is always blame able for a Government to allow or encourage the appointment of men to public offices who are unequal to their post, but in an instance like this to sanc tion the appointment of ignorant men is an act of the greatest cruelty. The horrors of war are surely great enough without any needless aggravation, but if an unskilled or ignorant medical officer is to attempt to relieve the misery of the sick and wounded, how ever great his wish to do good, he will probably lose the service a good many lives. There is another and much simpler mode of rectifying the discrepancy between the number of officers wanted and the number forthcoming. The medical branch of the service have, it is said, been harshly and unjustly treated ; they re. ceive a very illiberal remuneration, and are not allowed to occupy their proper position in the army. The profession, in consequence, declines to enter lists for these appointments. Its members are cer tainly numerous enough to supply every vacancy, and the eagerness with which a fixed appointment is generally sought after in our crowded professions shows how groat must be the mistake or neglect on the part of the authorities, who have so thoroughly disgusted the members of this one with their ser vice. For the want which is becoming so serious in our Indian service is also largely felt in our general army, and consequently Sir CHARLES WOOD's excuse that the principal objsct of his bill was to enable the assistant surgeons of the QUEEN'S army to volunteer into the Indian service was little heeded. Colonel NORTH remarked that so scarce were assistant surgeons in the regular army that the Government had been forced to extend the limit of age for admission first to 2.sand afterwards to 10; while quite a new class had lately sprung up—acting assistant surgeons, men, we presume, who fufil the duties of assistant surgeons without being regularly qualified for the appointment. This is net a very hopeful source of supply for India, when we have not enough for England and else where. Bat the whole principle is in fault. If men are to be appointed to effices of so much importance they ought to be properly qualified, and if the coma petition be moderate and practical in its nature, it would never keep back those who ought to pass. But it is evident that the fault lies in the appoint ment and not in the examination, since not only the number of successful candidates, but the total number of applicants, fell far short of the list of vacancies. If the Government reformed their salaries and improved their position, there is little doubt the army would be as well supplied with surgeons as with any other cfficers, hat it is easier and cheaper to pass incompetent men. At least, it is apparently cheaper, for a soldier's life in India is too costly to i be lightly trifled with. There are few more difficult tasks than to attempt the amelioration of the condition of the working classes. In the matter of their dwellings, more especially, there is ample scope for the exer ciee of ingenuity and the practice of patience. So much must be done before any effectual end is gained, and the obstructions are so numerous, the opposition so continuous, that it sometimes seems an almost impossible task to make any progress in the complicated affair. It is very satisfactory to find that the company of which Lord STANLEY is Chairman, still prosecute their labours and keep up their exerticns in the estimable undertaking in which they are engaged. Last Friday a meeting was held at the Mansion House, and the details are very well worth consideration. Mr. Alderman WATERLOW, the Deputy Chairman, presided in the absence of Lord STANLEY, and the report of the transactions of the company was read, It is very gratifying to find that the directors have " undiminished confidence in the success of the enterprise," and this notwithstanding the increased demand for labour and the high price of bricks has greatly augmented the cost of the dwellings. It is quite evident that the labours of this company represent a necessity of the times, they are closely allied with the greatest principles and the greatest scandals of the age we live in. As day after day, and week after week, witnesses the structure of some immense building, or the design of S ome important social improvement in the way of architecture and the construction of railways, so also do these changes and alterations bear dark events in their train, and herald the advent of misery t i ) many a small but nourishing homestead, and bear the mandate of doom to the poor man's s imple but convenient habitation. Go where ' we will we must meet with the traces of these things, and hear th e complaints made by the unfortunate individuals who are driven forth few know where, and fewer still care. This is not as it should be, and the political economist who understands his science will recognise the inadvisability of the course now being pursued so recklessly and at so great an extent. The sufferings and inconveniences to which the lower orders have been put by the mania for railways that has spread in all directions, and the erection of other public works and large buildings in all imaginable localities, cannot pos sibly be overrated, Too much cannot possibly be done on all sides to obviate as Far as practicable the spread of ruin and deje.ction that threatens to over. run an active and i n d a4 i r i ous population, and cause 1 a return to some of the worst evils of that state of neglect from which they have only so recently been in a great measure rescued. It was mentioned at the meeting that whole parishes of houses kre being removed for the construction of railways and other " improvements," but yet no attempt seems to be made to procure " decent houses" for those that are being swept away. The best proof that could possibly be furnished of the desirability of this company being formed consists in the fact that was mentioned at the meeting that numerous applicaticus have already been made for the " dwellings," although the bui!dings are not yet roofed in. This circumstance shou!cl unquestionably impart confidence to those who are as yet but lookers of at the scheme, and take no active part in its prosecution. There is everything to recommend an immediate attention to the claims of this society on public support. The profit is almost certain, and the philanthropic nature of the scheme is beyond all praise. It is incumbent upon those who are possessed of sufficient means to do what they can in the way of providing for the pressing necessities and urgent wants of their fellow-brethren ; and, sad as are the cases of absolute distress, it is in a great measure more incumbent upon us to take care of those who are bordering on the precipice, and in a short time will be driven over into the gulf of ruin beneath. A timely hand stretched out, a friend in need, may often prove the turning points in the career of many. It is not charity that is here sought, but assistance that is immediately required to enable the work now iu full trim to go on prospering. Those difficult first steps have been taken which are too often the beginning and the end of fair-seeming enterprises ; and thus the timid and doubtful have not the very plausible excuse in their power of say ing that they are afraid it will not do so well in practice as in theory, and that they must reserve their judgment until a more fitting opportunity. The board very wisely suggest to the members that they should use their efforts to induce their friends to take up the remainder of the capital of the com pany without delay. The reasons for this are ob vious, because there often occur opportunities for obtaining advantageous sites, but the Board hesi tate to purchase more land unless they have a larger capital. There is every reason to hope that due attention will be paid to this suggestion, and that this excellent undertaking will not be allowed to languish for want of the right means for carrying out to the full entirety its plans acd purposes. That something decisive must be done has long been ad mitted on all sides, and it seems only the practice of a wise forethought that induces these members of the Company to undertake in time what must be fot•e very long be dean by some means or other. It will be quite impossible to treat this question of the dwellings of the working classes with the indifference that so often pervades the social ques tions of the day. The mischief will spread like wildfire—fever, disease, and miseries of all kinds will supervene if the poor are left to remain in their closed, crowded dwellings, with hardly any appliances for decency or comfort, and often pay-' ing an extravagant price for their miserable loca tions. It is of more especial importance, too, to pay all possible heed to this subject, on account of there being the certainty that as time passes all these evils of overcrowding will increase, instead of diminishing. The improvements of modern science, and the new aspect things are assuming in all directions, tend to militate, very consider ably, against the chaacen of the poor being left in peace, or even undisturbed in their hardships. A company of this class may, in some sort, ba re garded as partly a national institution, for it pro. Tides for a great want of the community, and in some degree finds a remedy for a great and pressing evil. Every inducement, then, seems to invite us to pay special heed to the undertaking of such an establishment, and it is earnestly to be trusted that it will go on and prosper, and that succeed ing years will find it advancing in usefulness, while the more pressing and painful demand for its agency shall cease, through better arrange• merits and t: - .te progress of improvements. HENRY PHILLIPS AND THE YANKEE MUSIC SELLER.—I had had written beforehand, as Was my custom to make all the preliminary arrangements, and arrived about twelve o'clock in the day. The person who kept the music store was to lend me a piano forte on Lire, and had promised it should be on the platform, with a music stool, not later than four o'clock in the afternoon, Knowing how dilatory men, of business are in these hot climates, I always took the precaution of ordering every thing some hours sooner than was necessary. I went to the rooms at flit) o'clock, but no instrumint had arrived. Six o'clock, still no pianoforte. Half past—no signs of such a thing. I looked down the long avenue leading to the store, but there was nothing on the way. Seven o'clock approached ; and hoc as the evening was, I resolved to go down to the store and inquire the cause, as in another half hour my audience would be arriving. About a quarter of a mile down the road I saw a little knot of negroes carrying a ,mething tb.at resembled a square pianoforte. By the time I came up with them they had laid it flat on the ground, and some six niggers were sitting on it. Another nigger was carrying tWe of the legs, a second two more, and a third the music-stool, The six were wiping their foreheads, and telling all sorts of stories, when I eaked, " Is that pianoforte for the concert-room tonight ?" " Yes, rnassa," replied one. " Then why_don't you take it ?" I sai i. "It ought to have been there two hours since," " It's ber heavy," re plied my friend. " We'll get on de track presently.' " Very well," said I, shaking my finger at them, " complain to your master ;" and in a raging fever I reached the music store. There stood the proprietor, picking his teeth with his penknife. He was a till, thin-faced man, all bone and muscle. I WAS red with rage when I dashed into the shop and said, " What eL es all this mean ?" " What do you allude to, stranger,?" he replied, in the coolest manner conceivable. Speaking rapidly, I con tinued, " You said my pianoforte should be in the room at four o'clock; it's now past seven, and your niggers are now sitting do' in on it in the street. It has put me in a fever of rage and disappointment. My auditors are coming. There lazy brutes won't stir, and you ought to have seen them elf three hours since. It's scanda:ous shameful! abominable I How am I to sing after this ? What excuse can you make ?" All this time he stood with his arms folded, looking coolly at me ; and while I was waiting a moment to. take breath and renew the attack, he said, " Well, stranger, have you done ?" I hesitated for an instant, and said " Yes." " Look you here, then," said he, "This is our mode of doing business; if you don't like it, move the pi-a-no forte yourself." This philo sophical mode of treating and looking at the matter put a stop to all argument, so I hastened back, and sang well to a very good andience.—..llusical and Persona' leecollections 9f _Henry Phillips. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. —At the last sitting a paper was received from M. Valz, the astronomer at Marseilles, in which he stated the elements of the new comet as follows :—Passage through perihelion September 7 . 05 mean time of Marseilles ; perihelion dis • tance, 0 . 823 ; longitude of perihelion, 289'37 degrees ; right ascension, 66.66 deg. ; inclination, 1 . 45 deg. ; motion, re trograde.—Dr Nelaton communicated a paper on the de struction of tumours by an electrolytic method, applicable to cases in which the tumour is deeply seated and inacces sible to ordinary instruments. The case quoted by him was a naso-pharyngian polypus, which was electro-chemically destroyed by inserting two platinum pins into its mass, and making them communicate with the poles of a Bunsen's pile, consisting of 9 elements 16 centimetre in height by 8 in diameter, and arranged for tension. The tumour was destroyed in six sittings, without any effusion of blood, and with very little pain. A paper was received from M. Pisani on the chemical composition o the aerolith which fell at Orgueil on May 14 last. Ho states that all the srecimcns of this aerolith do not present the same state of cohesion, but that they aro all of spongy texture, and all eagerly absorb water. M. Henri Ste. Claire Deville communicated further researches on the penetrability of iron. Our readers may recollect that in a previous paper this eminent chemist had shown that hydrogen contained in an iron tube will ooze th roug h i ts pores if hat be applied, a fact easily explained by the expansion of the metal consequent upon an increase of temperature. In the present case M. Deville introduced an iron tube into a porcelain one, so as to form an empty cylindrical space between the two ; closed at both ends. He then filled both the inner and outer spaces with nitrogen, and heated the apparatus, after which he caused hydrogen to pass into the annular space, taking care to mea sure the pressure, which soon became doubled in the iron tube. On analysing the gas contained in the latter, he tuund it to Consist of hydrogen and nitrogen, the former in by far greater quantity than the latter, besides a little oxide of carbon. This shows that the hydrogen had pene trated tiirough the tube. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 26 (Morning). Orders have been given in the military ports to despatch the necessary ships to Mexico to bring back the troops that are to return from that coun try. The ships will leave France early in August. The Paris journals continue to remark on the imperial decree for reorganising the administration in Algeria, but in general their observations are of a pale, undecided character, and certainly far in ferior iu energy of expression to the almost hostile extracts which we have given from the Opinion Nationale and the Gazette de France. Taus, for instance, the Monde merely says :—" One thing seems clear—that Algeria is returning to military government. So long as there is no serious plan of colonisation, we shall be perpetually oscillating. We are even ignorant of what the prefects do in Algeria, and what they have to administer. The Nation sums up its opinion in these words : " There is nothing changed in Algeria—there is only a prefect the more, and the military supre macy is more firmly established than ever." The Patrie confines itself to showing that the consider able changes introduced into the regime of Algeria have for object to assure the complete predominance of the military element. The Debats makes the following observations:—" There are two impor tant points which must be considered in any die eussion on Algeria. In the first place Algeria is not purely and simply a colony founded, like the English ones, by a free move ment of emigration, developed by the in dividual initiative of a few enterprising men; it is, above all, a conquest to which the mother country has devoted too much of her wealth and of her most precious blood not to have the right to retain, so long as she - may think proper, the supreme direction of its government. In the second place, Algeria is not, like Bourbon and the Antiles, peo pled exclusively with one race, that of resident Europeans; it is occupied by two nations, differing in origin and religion, one of which, having long been master of the soil, only submitted to France on certain specified conditions, after obtaining the solemn promise that its property, customs, and laws should be respected by the conqueror. It appears to us that too little attention is paid to this double character peculiar to our possessions in the North of Africa by these who compare the institutions given by England to Australia and even to Canada with the institutions which have at different times obtained in Algeria, and who pretend to draw decisive argil meats from the comparison of objects and situations so widely different." The Presse declares that it can readily understand Marshal Raeclon's scruples relative to the system of duality, the unfortunate effects of which he bears witness to; that journal has little confidence in the union of the civil with the military regime. " Either one or the other," it says, " should be adopted." Still the Presse has ingeniously dis covered a method to do without either. It is almost prepared "to look upon the int fficiency of all the systems as an argument against the occupation itself!' The work which France commenced in 1830, and which she has been steadily pursuing for the last 31 years should therefore be abandoned. The colonists, who at the price of so many sacrifices have succeeded in founding such valuable establishments there, should resign all. To immigration to that country must succeed emigra tion from it. This idea is too unpatriotic to be seriously entertained. When brought for ward in the Chamber of Deputies by M. De , jobert, it was laughed at, and will probably be similarly greeted now by the public. BOURSE, July 25.—The market ie somewhat firmer to, -day, but there has been ecercely any variation in prices. Tnrees, for the Account, opened at 66f. 10e. and rose to 66f. 151. I.llobilier opened at 080 f., and have gradually risen to 985 f. But little doing in Railway Shares, but prices show a slight upward tendency. The market closed as follows : 4s per Cents 94 50 Italian Loan 63 Do. end month„.. Do. end month CS 05 3 per Cents Do. end month..., CC 10iNcw Mexican 56 50 Credit Mobilier..., 982 50 Russian .. B6 Do. end month.... 935 A.ustrian Bank Shares 3390 —Spanish Threes Off •• Credit Foncier ....1210 [Come Debt Roman ~ 75 50 Deferred ILWiTS. Cult). Account. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 895 897 50 New ditto - Southern 637 60 -... 640 Western Eastern Sardinian .. 351 25 .. 350 Austrian Lombard North of Spain - Saragossa 526 25 .. 527 50 Ditto to 13arcolona ..• HIS HOLINESS THE POPE. The Giornale di Roma of the 19th says :—" The Holy Father has at last left Rome, as you are already most probably aware, for Castel Gandolfo. His Holiness proceeded to the central railway station, where he was received by the Commander, Baron Baldini, Minister of Commerce and Public Works, and congratulated by General de Monte bello. The Piazza Tanini, where the Pontifical and French troops were drawn up with their bands, was filled with carriages and spectators on foot. At half-past five the Holy Father took his place in the train with the prelates of his household, and went as far as Frattochia, where his carriage awaited him. The Hoy Father arrived at Castel Gandolfo at seven in the evening, and was received at the church of the parish by Cardinal Alfieri, Bishop of Albano. His Holiness crossed the square before the church to the Pontifical palace on foot, in company with Cardinals di Pietro and de Sil vestri, amidst the acclamations of the crowd." GERMANY AND DENMARK, (Fionz tlo Times' Corresponden t ) VIENNA, July 23. M. vox Bismark arrived here at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, and 11 T. von Qusade and Colonel K au f mann , w h o era to represent Den mark in the Conf e r ence , are now on their way from Copenhagen to this city. A strong-willed and energetic statesm an b e i ng a rarity in Germany, it ie not a wouldt welcome, the ne was expected that many of the politica l q ui d n uncs of V man "of blood and terminus to see, if n n go to iron ;" but such was not the ease. B aron We rther, who is well known to the Viennese, received M. Ton Bismark on his arrival, and took him to the Pr ussian Legation, but few of the persons wh om the y met it , the streets turned to look at the pan who by sup er i or ability and force of will has succeeded in making Austria subservient to Prussia- In the e vening the Prussian statesman went with Ba ron. W erther and Count Re chberg to the Volksgarte n, wh ere Strauss's baud was playing, and t hi s m orning he had an an dienee of his Majesty the E emperor. Before von Bis mark left Carlsbad he had a conference with Prince Gortschakoff, and they are said to have come to the conclusion that, if the German Diet had to decide on the question relative to the right of succession, the Grand Duke of O.denburg would have little or vo chance of reigning over Schleswig Holstein. As has repeatedly been said, the Austrian Government wishes for peat.', but Count Rechberg is so entirely in the power of his Prussian colleague that he will hardly fail to obey his high behests. The conditions which Prussia now intends to make are in substance as follows:-1. The complete separation of Schles wig-Holstein and Lauenburg from Dinmark. 2. The said countries, including certain districts on this side of the Konigs•au, which at present belong to Jutland, to form a State, which shall ba go. yarned by a Prince the validity of whose claims to the throne have been recognised by a Federal Court of Justice. 3. liendsburg to be a Federal for. tress, and Kiel, or some other sea-port in Schleswig- Holstein, to bo a Federal war-port. 4. Prussia to indemnify Austria fur her outlay during the war, and to leave her troops in Schleswig until her own expenses (which are estimated at [About 20,000,000 of dollars) have been paid out of the surplus revenue of the Duchy, which is to be collected by Prussian officials. O. The Duchy of Holstein to defray the expenses arising from the Federal execution. 6, When all the expenses incurred by the German Powers in the Duchies have been defrayed, Schles wig and Holstein are to be definitively united and placed under the sceptre of the Duke or Prince whose claims may have been recognized by the German Band. Though not able to assert that the foregoing pro gramme is perfectly correct, I must needs believe it to be so, as men in office profess to be astonished at the " audacity" of the Prussian Ministers Pres ident. Success has made M. von Bismark vainglo rious, and doubtless he flatters himself that sooner or later he shall be able to incorporate the Duchies with Prussia. The French Government has recently advised the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs to be indulgent towards Dsumark, but he takes so little notice of the communications received from M. Drouyn de Lhuys that people are greatly (De posed to think there is a secret understanding ba tween him and that subtle politician who, having obtained Faucigny and Nice, covets a part, if not the whole, of the left bank of the Rhine. The sitting held by the German Diet on Thurs day last was a very animattd one. Austria and Prussia proposed that the Duke of Augustenburg should bo called on to establish his hereditiry claims to the throne of Schleswig Holstein, and the motion was carried by a majority of 11 voices, or " curie," to five. BrNaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, Darmstadt, and the 13th "curie" (Brunswick and Nassau) opposed the motion, because, in their opi oion, the validity of the claims of Duke Frederick, of Augustenburg had already been substantiated. The 12th " curie" (the Saxon houses) voted with Austria and Prussif, but it at the same time de clared the claims of the Duke of Augusten burg to be indisputable. During the sitting a telegram was received from General Hake, in which it was said that Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia was about to take possession of Reudsburg. General Hake, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal forces in Holstein, further stated, that in order to avoid a bloody conflict we should withdraw the Saxon and Hanoverian troops from Rendsburg. In general the members of the German Diet take things very easily, but on Thursday they were thoroughly roused. They expressed approval of General Hake's intention to avoid a conflict, but ordered him formally to protest against the violent and illegal conduct of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) WILLIAAIS WILLIAMS.—JUDGMENT. Sir J. I'. Wilde delivered judgment in this case this morning, which was a suit by the wife for a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and desertion without reasonable cause, and it appeared that both were in domestic service. The learned judge said that it was not easy in all cases to declde what constituted deser tion as the circumstances in which the parties were placed must affect their cohabitation as man and wife. Marital intercourse was interrupted in the oases of persons engaged in the army and navy, in many eases in commercial enter prise, where the husband was compelled to leave the country, and more particularly in cases like the present, where the parties were engaged as domestic servants. It appeared that the parties were married several years ago, and lived together for some time, during which they got into business but failed, after which they both returned to service. The husband visited his wife very frequently, and afterwards, according to his statement, as often as the nature of his duties would permit, The period of their ceasing to live under the same roof was about twelve years, and all that time the revendent's visi s were continued regularly. It had been urged by the petitioner that she had acquired means sufficient to enable them to resume business and cohabitation, but the respondent's refusal to accede to her proposition to go into business again could not be con strued into desertion, as he might reasonably have doubted of his success in business atter the former failure, and therefore might b 3 induced to hesitate before ho em barked in trade again. It was also urged that he cohabited with another woman, but as he continued his visits to the petitioner, this could not be called desertion. He came therefore to the conclusion that the husband had not deserted his wife without reasonable cause--but on his conviction of his having cotnmitte4 adultery, he would grant to the petitioner a deo':ee of judicial separation. MARMOT; FALSELY CALLED BURGESS Y BURGESS, JUDGMENT. In this case the wife prayed for a decree of nullity of marriage, and the question on which the Court reserved judgment was whether there had been unreasonable delay in commencing the suit, and whether it had been promoted for an indirect object. The parties were together from 1853 to 1853, and during that time there was no complaint. However, a quarrel arose relative to a servant boy, which appeared to have led to these proceedings by the petitioner, and under the circumstances he felt bound to dismiss the petition. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE FREDERICK TAYLOR. Mr Sargood cared attention to this case, in which an application was made for his Honour's sanction to a criminal prosecution, and his Honour had intimated that he would look over the papers. His Honour said he had not yet done so, but he was still of opinion that he ought not to interfere until the party charged had been taken before a magistrate, which would form seine guide for him to come to a decision. Mr Sargood said that he was aware of his Honour's general opinion en that point—it was a question of costs. His Honour said that the expense of going before the magistrate would be very slight. It did not require his authority to do so. Mr Sargood said that after such an intimation ho would say no more ac present. IN RE WILSON. This bankrupt was described as a timber merchant, of Belvidere-road, Lambeth, and this was an application to dismiss the petition, which was filed by the bankrupt, on the ground that the debts exceeded £3OO, Mr Fairhead having claimed £2OO on what he alleged to be an accom modation bill given to the bankrupt and taken up by Fairhead. The bankrupt, however, swore that the bill was given for a half share in the profits of a patent for a "shield ship" (the nature of which was not explained). The bankrupt and Mr Fairhead were examined, and his honour considered that the debt had been proved, and re fused to allow the schedule to be amended by the insertion of the debt and additional stamps to be affixed to the petition. The petition was therefore dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This ray, BOW STREET. A QUEER COSTUME.—A. miserable looking elderly man, named Ire.nry Sanders, wearing no coat, but a very dirty and ragged light waistcoat and red shirt, and with the battered remains of what had once been a hat, stuck on one side of the head, was charged with stealing a coat. On being placed in the dock, the prisoner, at the jailor's suggestion, bat somewhat reluctantly, took off his hat, and stuck out his elbow in a grotesque fashion, having the hat thereon. The prisoner was at once recognised by the officers of the court es having on former occasions been charged at this court with various offences, arising more from eccentricity than deliberate dishonesty. Ho appears to have suffered terribly from poverty and dissipation, and is thought to Le hardly capable of taking care cf himself. Alderman, one of the beadles of Covent-garden Market, said the prisoner was brought to this court a few days ago for stealing flowers in the market, Some of his friends then promised that he should be removed to the workhouse to be taken care of, but that had not been dene. George Thorp, a salesman in the market, stated that on Friday he saw the prisoner hanging about his stand, and a few minutes afterwards he missed a coat belonging to his brother. It was lying on the stand within reach of any one standing by. Tho Prisoner---A strange place to leave a coat, One would think you wanted it taken. Mr Thorpe went on to saythat the prisonerhad been seen lounging about the market every day, but without thecoat, and though he was suspected, there appeared not sufficient proof to justify hie apprehension, tilt this morbing, when witness saw him kith the coat on, end gave him in custody, The prisoner —I had been unfortunate and had had my own coat torn from my back, and I was very cohl. I saw the coat lying about as if it did not belong to any one, and it was a temptation. Win. Thorpe, brother of former witnes?, said the coat was his property, and worth 103; when he left it on the stand there was a halferown in the pocket, The prisoner—Thero was no halferown in it, I will swear, If there had been I should have spent it. (A. laugh.) That is a fabrication, Witness—There was a halferown, and I have no doubt you did spend it. The prisoner—l should have been glad of it. I was very hard up. I was hungry. I had no bed. But you must be a very foolish follow to leave Sour money in your coat, Mr Flowas—Well I suppose you don't dispute that it was foolish \\Fitness (lunghing)—No, 1 don't say that. The Prisoner••-Havezt't yQII a puree, yr a waistcoat ? j always use my waistcoat pocket to keep my money in. (A laugh), For my part I think a purse a very unessential thing. (A. laugh). I never require a puree. (Laughter). He was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SINGULAR REQUEST,--TWO urchins, named Dennis Healey and John Driscoll, living in St, Giles, were charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of a female named Flaxman. Thomas Humphreys, of No. 3, Brownlow-street, said that about 10 o'clock that morning he was in Denmark. street, when he saw a female (Mrs Flagman) nn the wheel of a van, in which there were a number of children going for an excursion. He observed Healey feeling the female's dress, Driscoll standing close by Healey at the time. The boys suddenly ran away, and hearing the female had been robbed, he pursued thein into Queen str,:et, Dean-strut, where he saw the purse produced dropped by ono of them, but he could not say which. Mrs Eastman identified the purse and contents as her property. Mr Tyrwhitt—Do the boys want to say anything ? Healey—Yes, wo wants three years. Mr Tyrwhitt—lt is a rather extraordinary request; but I think under the circumstances it would be about as good a thing as could be dono, and with that view I shall remand them for a week, when their parents can attend, The boys, who seemed very pleased at the result, were then remanded. ASSAULTING AND THREATENING A PROSECUTRIX.— Elizabeth M'Donald, a ycung woman, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt on a warrant with assaulting and threatening a young woman named Minnie Wilson. The complainant was prosecutrix in April last of a man named Howard, the keeper of a night house in the Hay raatket, for taking her away from her father's house, she being under the age of 16 at the time. Howard was tried at the Central Criminal Court, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The complainant said that in April last, and while Howard's trial was pending, the prisoner came up to her in Itwseil-street, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and said, " I will have your life if you appear against Howard," at the same time striking her in a most violent manner, and giving her a frightful black eye, and knocking her down senseless. She applied to Mr Knox, the magistrate who was then sitting, and he granted the warrant against the prisoner. Mr Tyr whitt asked how it was that the warrant was not executed before. Davey, GO C, one of the warrant officers, said that not knowing whew the prisoner resided, he was unable to find the prisoner till last night. Mr Tyr //hitt inquired of the complainant if the prisoner had done anything to her since April. The complainant said . that on Saturday morning last bhe was passing the end of St. Martin-street with a gentleman, when the prisoner took out a knife and exclaimed, " You -, I mean to have your life," at the same time making a stab, which the gentleman received on his arm, The prisoner said the complainant was living with the person she formerly lived with. She had no wish to hurt the complainant. Mr Tyrwhitt thought if what the prisoner said was true it was very likely she had an ill-feeling towards the com plainant, and he should therefore order her to find one bail to keep the peace towards the complainant for two months. 'WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.— Patrick Hagan, a powerful fellow, was charged with the following disgraceful con duct : Mrs Bullock, the wife of the proprietor of the Wiltshire Brewery, Simmond-street, Uh'elsea, said that she knew the defendant, whom she had been obliged to charge at this court with misconduct a couple of years ago. He had been to the house two or three times since, but she had inva riably refused to serve him. Last night he came with some others and called for drink, but she refused to give it them for two reasons, firstly, henna() they were drunk, and, se condly, because they were with him. They then went into one of the public rooms, and on hearing a great noise she went to the spot and found they had done a great deal of malicious damage, for which she now sought recompense. Mr Arnold asked whether she could prove that the de fendant did any of it ? Mrs Bullock replied that when she entered the room she found the gas fittings, which had been torn down, in the defendant's hand, the door had been broken and the defend ant and his companions were preparing to burn a box: Mr Arnold inquired whether they gave any reason for this unlawful and disgraceful conduct. Mrs Bullock replied that the only reason that could be assigned for it was that she would not servo them. The defendant seized a quart pot and threatened to dash her brains out, and she waa obliged to leave, fearing he would carry his threat into execution. A police constable proved that after committing the daruage in question the defendant and his companions left the house. From ;nformatir n received he apprehended the defendant shortly afterwards. Defendant denied the charge, and said he could call the other men who wore with him as witnesses. Mr Arnold said lie would give him an opportunity of doing so, and remanded him. THAMES. THE WILD BELL—BRUTAL A SSAULT.—MehaeI Clark, a stevedore, better known as the Wild Bull, a rough, brutal fellow, was brought before Mr Paget charged with savagely assaulting William Horner, a police constable No. 28 H. It appeared that last night the prisoner was intoxicated, and quarrelled with a woman in Back Church-lane, White chapel. He struck her, and knocked her head through a pane of glass in the shop window of a woman named Sophia Mackay, who went out and gave prisoner into the custody of the complainant Horner. The constable advised the prisoner to pay for the window he had broken and go home. The prisoner resented this good advice by striking the policeman, and then running at him " full butt like a wild bull," which was explained that Prisoner ran against the constable, and forced his head against his stomach. This novel mode of attack injured the policeman very much, and " took the wind out of him." The prisoner then jumped on the constable's back, threw him down, and kicked him several times. The constable got up and was again thrown. This was repeated five or six times. Horner would hava been subdued if another police constable named George Plutfiald, No. 188 H, had not come to his assistance. There was a rough mob of dis orderies and loose women always to be found in Back Church-lane, who encouraged the "wild bull" to beat the constable. In answer to Mr Paget, the policeman Horner said he had been to the doctor, and wag in great pain. He was severely bruised. The prisoner, in defence, said he was torn to pieces by the police. Mr Paget—No, you were not. The prisoner—lia cut my head with a staff, and poked his staff in my eye. Mr Paget directed one of the officers of the court to examine the prisoner's head, which he did very minutely, and said there was no mark on it, Mr Paget questioned the constables, who said no staff was drawn. Mr Paget said if a polic'man's staff bad been poked into the prisoner's eye, there would have been a mark on it. There was none. The prisoner had been guilty of a brutal assault, for which he sentenced him to two months' impri sonment and hard labour, and seven days imprisonment, in addition, for the damage he had done. MARKETS—This Day. HAY 111ARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 108 to 108 Od ; new do., £2 58 to £1 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 las; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10a per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId mealow bay, £2 10s to 10s; new do., £l2 53 to £4; clover, £4 to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4a to £1 lOs per toad. A fair demand. WIIITECIIAPEL —Oll meadow hay, a 10a to £4 1O9; new do., a 58 to 4 ;4; clover, £4 to iô 103 Od ; and draw, £l4a to £1 lOs per load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has remained inactive, and the few dealings entered into havo been at about previous rates. SvGAR—The market has remained dull, and inferior descriptions have declined about 6d per cwt. Good grocery qualities, however, have sustained former prices. COFFEE—Tho demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and quotations are generally well sustained. RICE—A fair amount of business has been done at fully previous prices. TALLOW—The market has exhibited rather more ani mation, and quotations for both present and forward delivery have slightly improved. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked new 42s 6d, and last three months' delivery 43s 6d per cwt. The Correctional Tribunal of DJuai last week tried M. Schcrzer, stationmaster of the Northern Railway at that place, on a charge of having infringed the privileges of the post-office. M. Legros, a printer at Duuai, having boon e mployed by M. Deruelle, a merchant of Arras, to print a number of circulars, he executed the order and sent them to M. Deruelle in a parcel by railway. The pest-office authorities, considering the conveyance of these papers.as an infringement of the law which gives them the sole right of such carrying, commenced proceedings against the sta tionmaster, but the Tribunal, atter hearing counsel, decided that the circulars thus sent from a printer to his employer were merely a bale of goods, which might 10 legally carried by any person, and acconlitgly acquitted tho defendant. The Paris corn-market has been inactive during the past week, with scarcely any change in quota tions. The four marks of flour remain at 53f 50c the sack of 157 kilos. Wheat :tinges from 28f 50c to 30f the 120 kilos, but inferior qualities are worth only 27f 59c. There is consequently a decline of 600 from the prices of last week, Rye remains unvaried at 16f 50c the 115 kilos. ; barley, 16 f 50 ° to 171 the 100 kilos.; oats, 15f 50c to IGf 50c the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market of Scesux business was dull, and prices had a slight downward tendency. Oxen sold at If 40c to If 44c the kilo. ; calves. if 26c to 11 Ole ; sheep, if 28c to if 60a. At Poisey the prices wore 11 4c to CO; respectively, If if 26c tck 11 c, and 30c to dam' tilirt‘tl7674 " 1716-6, HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 25. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Ht?sse, walked and drove about the grounds. The Earl of Clarendon returned to London. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CiUg' RlDGE.—Yvaterday was the birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge, when her royal highness completed her 67th year. A great many noble friends called at Cam bridge Cottag6, Kew, in the course of the day to leave pre stilts and tMr their congratulations, the royal duchess and PrincossMary having loft St.Jarnes'sPalace for the season• In the evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Caw" bridge's tradesmm illuminated as customary. The Duke and Dl:chess of Northumberlan d passed through town yesterday on their way to Hastings , from Sion House, Isleworth. 'lhe Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and fathilY are expected to leave town early in the ensuing week for Trentham, on their way to Dunrobin Castle, Ii.B•P for the autumn. We believe that, if na unforeseen occur rence takes place, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour the noble duke and duchess by their presence for several days at Dunrobin Castle dur ing the residence of their royal highnesses in Scotland. The Marehione2s of Lansdowne and Hon. Madlle• Elphinstone de Flahault arrived yesterday at L•ne' downe House, Berkeley-square, from Bowood-park, Wilts , expressly to meet the Count and Countess de Flahault on their return from the Continent. The Earl of Derby has nearly recovered from his recent severe attack of gout, but not sufficiently so t o be able to accept an invitation from the Duke and Duchess of Richmond to join the select party at Goodw.md House invited to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The noble Earl and the Countess of Derby leave St. James's-square towards the end of the week for Knowsley-park, near Liverpool. The and Countess of Dalkeith left tows yesterday afternoon to join the party which was to asEemblo on visits to the Countess Cowper, at Wrest Park, Beds, The Eirl and Countess of Carnarvon leave Grosvenor-street early in the next week for Highclere Castle, near Newbury. The infant daughter of the noble earl and countess was baptized on Saturday last. The Countess of Craven and Ledies Craven end Sir Frederick Johnstono left town yesterday for 13ogn 0r, Sussex, to pass the week. The Earl and Countess Ashburnham and Liaai Katherine Ashburnham have arrived at Ashburnham-plac e, Sussex, from town for the autumn. Viscount St. AsaPh is at present staying at Florence. Louisa Countess of Seafield and Lord R o bert Loftus have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-Palk' corner, from Ireland. Count S. and Lad'- Cecil de la Feld have left Princes-terrace for the Isle of Wight. Viscountess Jocelyn and lion. Misses Joce l 9 ll left Cambridge House yesterday afternoon for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, on a visit to the Countess Cowper. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton left the Earl of Wilton's mansion in Grosvenor-square, yeste r " day, for Bognor, Sussex, during the Goodwood race meet ing, and on Saturday intended to join the Earl and Coal' toss of Wilton at Cowes. Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth have lef t their residence in St. James's-square for their seat, iVool• hampton House, in Berkshire. Lord and Lady Harry Vane and the Hon. Misses Primrose arrived on Friday last at Battle Abbey, 12 e lf Hastings, and are about to receive a succession of visitors there. Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel' Lady Moleaworth has left town for Cadlands, O il a visit to Mr and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. Sir George Colthurst, M.P,, and Lady Colthurst have left their residence in Wilton-crescent, for Ireland. Mrs A. F. Thistlethwayte has arrived in Gros' venor-square from Carlsbad, much improved in health, and will leave town on Thursday to join Mr Thistlethwayte at Lech Luichart, N. 8., accompanied by the Dowager Coun tess of Castle-Stuart and par y, Admiral Walcott, M.P., and the Misses Walcott have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. DEATH OF ADMIRAL CATOR.—We have tC, an ° nounon the death of Admiral Bertie Cornelius Cator, who expired on Saturday last at the Palace Hotel, Buck ingham-gate. The deceased admiral obtained the raLIC of lieutenant in 1807, having entered the navy in the spring of 1800, under his uncle, Captain Albemarle Bertie. Ho was actively employed early in his professional career in the capture of privateers in tbo Mediterranean, in the Glory, Malta, and Carysfort frigates. After his varietal services he was captured by two French frigates while in charge of the Ranger, transport, on its way from the gape of Good Hope to the Mauritius, but was exchanged shortly afterwards, and was then placed in command of the Bore bay Anna, the Hon. East India Company's ship, in whic h ship he assisted at the capture of the isle of France in 181 0 . He commanded the Actesan on the coast of America in au attack on the enemy's barracks, &c., in Lynn Haven DaYl in 1813, and participated in various other services afloat' After gaining his post rank ho was not employed afloat, and accepted the ret i remen t o f O c t o b er , 1846. The g allan t officer's commissions bore date as follows :—Lie,utena et, March 3, 1807; commander, February 13, 1811 ; captsi e s Juno 7, 1314; rear-admiral, November 5, 1851 ; viee admiral, November 12, 1850; and admiral, April 12, 180 ' . DEATH OF A VETERAN.—CoIoneI Fielding Browne, C. 13,, formerly of the 66th Foot, an 01 Peninsular and Waterloo officer, died on Friday at his town residence in Reg en t's-p ar k a t th e ripe ag e ° 80 years. The gallant colonel was for some years barrae master of the Regent's-park Barracks. The decease.' officer accompanied the 40th Regim en t t o th e P e ninsula . 111 Jely, 1808, and was pres en t a t th e b att l es o f itc les : Yimiera, Talavera, ant Busaco, on the retreat and at s, occupation of the lines of T orres V e d ras, a t th e siege a in Badajoz in May, 1811, and the repulse of the sortie fr ° ,.. Fort San Christoval, ac ti ons o f El Belden and Aides a'a Ponte, siege and storming of Cuidad Rodrigo, siege e t u .. storming of Badaj , z, actio n a t C arruza l, b a ttle of S ala manca, the capture of M a d r id an d su b sequen t retreat ale e a vr r from. He a l so serve d i n t h e expe diti on ag ainst I N Orleans. The gall an t officer also had the honour to ta,,e part in the campaign of 1815, and commanded his xe,Sho e ,„ l at Waterloo. F or hi s serv i ces a t t h e l ast - nam ed battle is'. was made a Comp a ni on o f th e O r d er o f th e Beth 6 The late colonel retired from the service in 1837- ~„ DROWNED AT THE FALLS OF NIAO4."*" . - youth of sixteen has just come to his death at the falls, being swept into the torrent while visiting th e C3V ; e n the Winds, It seem s h e i ns i s t e d, i n s pit e o f the War ll ' o , of his guide, up o n s t e ppi ng cn t o a cer t a i n roc k a side Jr ° the usual slippery path trodden by visitors. An inet 3a o making the rash venture he slipped and went down. 'I.- guide returned and told the sad story.—Bufalo Courier' WAGES AND PRICES IN MASSACHUSETTS.- - T be. following letter, from a person residing at l' s%/7 ; recce, Massachusetts, has been communicated to us :- - I )ea „ - Father,—l write to let you know that has arrived hey after a passage of 16 days. lam very much surprised th," people keep coming to this country, knowing tha t P 3P . 4 ;.! money is at such a discount and provisions so very hig" r • clothing the same. Tell cousin ---from me that 15° 13-io week in England is better than S dots per weer, wil ie t o r as much as he would get. For board he would have to rts, 4 dole per week, that would leave- 4 dole, which would of the value of 6s in English money. lam ge ttios 6s , dole pfix week, which is worth no more now than per week—so you see that lam doing worse ths° was in England. The war is ruining the country; 11° ,. ° A ; that used to sell for 7 dole, is now '_u dole per barrel. S ub ,, a t is 35c that was 12c per lb. Coals are 14 dole per too t'is. sold for 7 dole. Wood is 11 dots per cord that was 6 61° ," Tea, that was 603 per lb when we were here before, i s li° t 1 dol4oc per lb. Things are still advancing, and lig el do so. Prints and calicoes are selling at a monstrous P ri s Clothing of every description is enormous. We are try o to make the best of a bad job. Caution anyone that o i t i i 7 , 2 , of taking on with —, Ile is misleading scores , l ej „ et at them what good wages they get here, but not tel ling li d what they have got to pay for everything ; 30c in - I ' 3 g tlis e. will bring more than 1 dol here, take thin gs ° altog Things are very uncertain here. I should not be verlf its surprised if all the places of business are stopp ed three months from now. My wages are not woath much as when we camp at first. jrIIE ALLEGED MURDER NEAR RUTIIE—a .. -- L ES 'go' On Friday, Thomas Cunningham, the lad who Nos n 7 O of hended by the county police on Wednesday, o n tialsO c o l ot ati being concerned in the outrag e on th e p e r s on of the w a Sneddon, was brought Lefore Sheriff Bell, exarsih ua 4 : t i t er t charge of murder, and th en comm itt e d t o prison fo r ' a l t aar examination, In additi on t o th e ev id ence o f the lad 11 . o it‘ who appears to have been innocent of any particiPat'ir-ora the assault, other witnesses, chiefly boys, have cera°l°,thell and made statement s w hi c h, we un d erstan d, go to etrelbo, as the case against Cunningham. The prisoner, „, tee° already stated, i s on l y IQ years o f ago , i s said CO the only support of his mother. i lia SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—D /la ve week ending th e 23d of J u ly the visitc`rsturdaP been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, ha d S w 6 Onc e free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,46 6 ; to joh day, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (auttotsi, the public 6d), open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 1 . 7 1. 11,215—from the opening of the Museum , 4,736,' appearl; FEES IN PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.—I;. 0 iet , r from an offi c ial document just published, that l ended the 31st March last, the fees in publi c °llea u o ti3 eu atel to no lose than X 171,665 12e 7 IHE Slily,' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864 lk